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Title: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Alex on April 09, 2008, 03:31:11 AM Does anyone know if the original "Beatrice of Baltimore" lyrics to "You Need A Mess of Help" were ever recorded and/or does anyone even know what the original lyrics were?
Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Andrew G. Doe on April 09, 2008, 11:18:01 AM She got a hole in her stocking
She do a whole lotta rockin' She do the shake down at Bumbles She got the Chicano rumbles. The initial sessions - early December 1971 & January 31 1972 were logged as "Beatrice...": by April, it had become "Mess". Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Alex on April 09, 2008, 11:23:57 AM She got a hole in her stocking She do a whole lotta rockin' She do the shake down at Bumbles She got the Chicano rumbles. The initial sessions - early December 1971 & January 31 1972 were logged as "Beatrice...": by April, it had become "Mess". Thanks for the session info. Those lyrics are the same ones printed in Peter Ames Carlin's book. Were there any more lyrics besides those? Were any vocals using the original lyrics recorded at all in the December and January sessions, or was it just instrumental tracks? Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Alan Boyd on April 09, 2008, 01:35:03 PM The master 2" tape for "Mess of Help" is labeled "Beatrice."
Don't know if the original lyrics were ever recorded, though - if they were, they were erased and replaced. Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: The Shift on April 09, 2008, 02:42:02 PM Where's Bumbles?
Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Alex on April 09, 2008, 05:17:54 PM The master 2" tape for "Mess of Help" is labeled "Beatrice." Don't know if the original lyrics were ever recorded, though - if they were, they were erased and replaced. Thanks a lot! We're pretty lucky to have guys like AGD and Boyd around these parts. Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Aegir on April 10, 2008, 03:10:52 AM While we're at it, what were the words to Passing By?
Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: The Shift on April 10, 2008, 04:23:59 AM A web trawl reveals this at the cabinessence site:
While walking down the avenue I stopped to have a look at you And then I saw/You're just passing by But I remember them slightly differently (though can't recall where I read them...)... something along the lines of: I saw you just the other day, You smiled at me and walked away, And after all, you're just passing by Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Andrew G. Doe on April 10, 2008, 11:06:31 AM It's very likely that those are the words written (by Tandyn Almer and, i think, Stan Shapiro) after Murry sold SOT to Irving/Almo and the company decided the lyrics (of all the tracks) neded an update.
Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: Joshilyn Hoisington on April 10, 2008, 05:30:38 PM It's very likely that those are the words written (by Tandyn Almer and, i think, Stan Shapiro) after Murry sold SOT to Irving/Almo and the company decided the lyrics (of all the tracks) neded an update. I agree, and to hear Stan tell the whole story of the saga surrounding the rewrites is quite a trip. Title: Re: Beatrice of Baltimore/You Need a Mess of Help Post by: MBE on April 11, 2008, 03:54:46 AM Brian was really writing some good hard rock at the time. Would love to hear his demos. Bet his voice still sounded great.
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